"The destiny of our country, the fate of our Irish revolution, now lies in the hands of this generation of Irishwomen and Irishmen. It falls to us, the Irish people, to forge a renewed vision of Irish freedom in the world today. It is happening with a recognition of the power of creativity in arts, science, peace-keeping and shared global concern.

The same challenges that confronted the revolutionary generation still abide with us today.

We struggle to meet the needs of all of our people, even as our republic remains marred by inequalities in power, wealth, income and opportunity, mí-cothromaíocht. Poverty subsists amidst plenty, even as we fail to provide some of our citizens with the basic elements of a dignified existence within our republic – housing, healthcare, education, support for those with particular needs.

Today, across the world, we are witnessing the return of an ugly, xenophobic corruption of nationalism, long since thought vanquished from our political life.

The duty to welcome and shelter those fleeing war, persecution, and famine, so often relied upon by Irish men and women throughout the ages, is now being openly disdained, even discarded, by elements in our European Union.

True nationalism addresses need, not only as part of a nation, but as part of an international family of nations."

Books from 1923

Image: Talbot Hayden, University of Toronto, Internet Archive

The Internet Archive has released a wealth of scanned books published in 1923, the majority from the University of Toronto Robarts Library. Adding "Ireland" to the search results brings back an interesting collection of books such as The Irish Revolution and How It Came About, Pagan Ireland, and most interestingly, Michael Collins' Own Story. The first few pages of this book talk place during a first hand interview in the Gresham Hotel in Dublin with Michael Collins days after the signing of the Treaty and follows on with the behind the scenes political lobbying of The Dáil during the vote to ratify the Treaty!

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1919 Dáil Eireann & Usk Prison Break

Image: Oireachtas.ie

This week Ireland celebrated the centenary of the first Dáil in 1919. An article on IrishCentral.com tells the remarkable story of the prison break of Joe McGrath TD (a member of the Dáil), Barney Mellows and George Geraghty from Usk prison in Wales on the same day. The three Republicans pretended to be American tourists and tried to head for the ferry in Fishguard but couldn't get a train. They got a hackney to Newport and a train to Shrewsbury where they meet up with the other Republicans who were plotting Éamon de Valera's escape from Lincoln prison. The three made their way to Liverpool before arriving by sea back into North Wall in Dublin in two shipments.

Amazon Marketplace Cut-Throat Sellers

Image: The Verge

This is a fascinating long read by The Verge about the cut-throat goings on between super-competitive Amazon Marketplace sellers. A sub-industry has formed of "Amazon Lawyors" that help sellers recover from attacks by other sellers. Sellers have learnt to use new rules and terms against each other whenever Amazon introduces new legislation to their marketplace. When the hoverboards started exploding, Amazon cracked down on flammable products. Sellers start buying their competitors products, setting them on fire and leaving reviews about the explosive products, causing an immediate take-down of their competitors products form the marketplace, and that's just one type of marketplace attack!

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Back & Forth - MK, Jonas Blue, Becky Hill

Image: YouTube, MK

Check out this fantastic video for the MK, Jonas Blue & Becky Hill track Back and Forth, directed by Finn Keenan. I can't stop thinking about the contrasting dark theme and light-heartidness in this video, as well as its fantastic effects.

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Found This Week is a curated blog of interesting posts, articles, links and stories in the world of technology, science and life in general.Each edition is curated by Daryl Feehely every Friday and highlights cool stuff found each week.The first 104 editions were published on Medium before this site was created, check out the archive here.

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